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... is called an equilateral triangle ; one having two sides equal , is called an isosceles triangle ; and one having no two sides equal , is called a scalene triangle . Δ Δ Δ XVI . A triangle having a right - an- gle 14 ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY .
... is called an equilateral triangle ; one having two sides equal , is called an isosceles triangle ; and one having no two sides equal , is called a scalene triangle . Δ Δ Δ XVI . A triangle having a right - an- gle 14 ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY .
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... isosceles is most frequently to be found . It is the form usually given to the roofs of buildings , and to the pediment which sur- mounts and adorns porticos , doors and windows . XXII . A diagonal of a polygon is a line joining the ...
... isosceles is most frequently to be found . It is the form usually given to the roofs of buildings , and to the pediment which sur- mounts and adorns porticos , doors and windows . XXII . A diagonal of a polygon is a line joining the ...
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... isosceles triangle , the angles at the base are equal ; or , if a triangle have two sides equal , the angles opposite those sides will be equal . If the triangle ABC have the side AC equal to the side BC , then will the angle B be equal ...
... isosceles triangle , the angles at the base are equal ; or , if a triangle have two sides equal , the angles opposite those sides will be equal . If the triangle ABC have the side AC equal to the side BC , then will the angle B be equal ...
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... isosceles . In the triangle ABC , let the angle CAB be equal to the angle CBA ; then will the side CB be equal to CA. D A B For , if these sides are not equal , one must be greater than the other let CA be greater than CB ; then take AD ...
... isosceles . In the triangle ABC , let the angle CAB be equal to the angle CBA ; then will the side CB be equal to CA. D A B For , if these sides are not equal , one must be greater than the other let CA be greater than CB ; then take AD ...
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... isosceles ; when all the lines are equal , it will be equi- lateral . ( 35. ) THEOREM . If , on the three sides of any triangle , equilateral triangles be constructed externally to the given triangle , then will the straight lines drawn ...
... isosceles ; when all the lines are equal , it will be equi- lateral . ( 35. ) THEOREM . If , on the three sides of any triangle , equilateral triangles be constructed externally to the given triangle , then will the straight lines drawn ...
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a+b+c altitude angle ABC angle BAC angle BCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed polygon coincide cone consequently convex surface cylinder denote diagonal diameter dicular distance draw equal and parallel equiangular equilateral triangle equivalent exterior angle figure formed given line greater half the arc hypothenuse inscribed circle intersection isosceles join less Let ABC line AC line CD lines drawn measured by half meet multiplied number of sides parallel planes parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN point G prism PROBLEM produced Prop PROPOSITION pyramid radii radius rectangle regular polygon respectively equal right-angled triangle Sabc Schol Scholium scribed semicircle semicircumference side AC similar similar triangles solid angle sphere spherical triangle square straight line suppose tangent THEOREM three sides triangle ABC triangular prism vertex VIII
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Page 231 - THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre.
Page 147 - PROBLEM. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle : it is required to inscribe a circle in the triangle ABC.
Page 17 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.
Page 28 - If two sides and the included angle of the one are respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of the other...
Page 233 - The volume of a cylinder is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Let the volume of the cylinder be denoted by V, its base by B, and its altitude by H.
Page 276 - THEOREM. Two triangles on the same sphere, or on equal spheres, are equal in all their parts, when they have each an equal angle included between equal sides. Suppose the side...
Page 120 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. D c A' D' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', ZA = ZA'. To prove AABC = ABxAC. A A'B'C' A'B'xA'C' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 18 - If equals be added to unequals, the wholes are unequal. V. If equals be taken from unequals, the remainders are unequal. VI. Things which are double of the same, are equal to one another.
Page 232 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Page 96 - Similar figures, are those that have all the angles of the one equal to all the angles of the other, each to each, and the sides about the equal angles proportional.